Message-Id: <199903151557.KAA10898@smtp1.mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:10:35 -0400
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: bbenzon@mindspring.com (Bill Benzon)
Subject: Re: memetics-digest V1 #173
>Poor Doug Hofstadter.
>Misunderstood by millions
>Of adoring fans.
>
>Dear Richard,
>
>If you want this to be a haiku, "millions" has to have two
>syllables, and I reckon it's inescapably a three-syllable
>job (in English or American). Now, who said pedantism is a
>bad thing on this list? Oh, it was me.
It's only two syllables: mil + yens
>
>All the best,
>
>alex rousso.
>
>
>
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